NATO Makes Show Of Force Ahead Of Warsaw Summit

Monday, June 20 , 2016 - 10:10 (EET) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

Leaders from NATO’s 28 member nations will be gathering in the Polish capital for a key meeting on July 8th and 9th. The Warsaw Summit will focus on strengthening the alliance’s forces in eastern Europe to deter an increasingly aggressive Russia. NATO leaders are expected to endorse a plan to deploy four battalions to Poland and the Baltic states. In the lead up to the meeting, the region hosted one of NATO’s largest military exercises since the end of the Cold War. (RFE/RL, Reuters, NATO video) …read more

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